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In reply to the discussion: Is "Critical Race Theory" the "Defund the Police" of 2022? [View all]iemanja
(57,780 posts)49. That is exactly what the right has done
They dug up the term as an excuse to erase history. And here you are swallowing it whole.
The Texas textbook committees are horrific, and they have a lot of power over K-12 textbooks throughout the nation. You can put me down for not giving the right control over our children's minds, any more than they already have. You seem all too comfortable with brainwashing the nation's children. That is what your support of the right's attack is about, whether you realize it or not.
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Yep. Every year, it's something new. Gay Marriage was the GOP sword used in early 2004.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2021
#1
Yes, GQP will make *ANY* issue to tag dems pols with vs dem pols getting out first and tagging them
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#3
Trumpanzee turnout and bad Dem adverting was the cause of the election losses
wellst0nev0ter
Jun 2021
#34
There's a whole internet for you to just look up its history and see who they were...
JHB
Jun 2021
#19
A theory doesn't determine whether something exists; it's meant to explain how/why something exists.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#20
Absolutely. Especially good since it came it came straight off some university campus so it sounds...
Hekate
Jun 2021
#21
The issue, as I understand it, is whether it *should* be taught to anyone at any time for any reason
Hekate
Jun 2021
#29
I'm NOT objecting to changing the curriculum; I'm objecting to the pointless phraseology
brooklynite
Jun 2021
#51
Once Again, Some Dems Are Ready To Dodge a Culture War Instead of Winning It
wellst0nev0ter
Jun 2021
#50